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The Bright and Glowing Place
by Rowsome, Frank, Jr.
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- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780828902533
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Red boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, grey endpapers, [vii], 212 pp, 8 illustrations. Ex-library with usual markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, head of spine worn. Essays on fires & fireplaces. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
The Second Tree From the Corner
by White, E. B.
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- Used - VG
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- No dj
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- First Edition
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$25.99
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Teal boards, grey cloth spine with yellow titles, xiv, 253, [1] pp. Light soil to top edge. First edition state, Harper & Bros. date code M-C (December 1953). Collection of White's stories, essays, and poems from the previous twenty… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.99
American Quarterly (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 (March, June, September, and December 2014))
by Banet-Weiser, Sarah (Ed.)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No dj, as issued
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- 2014
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$54.99
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Perfect bound in printed card covers. 4 issues offered as a set, overall about 7 cm thick & about 1200 pages. Slight shelf wear, else fine. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. Magazine. Near… Read more about this item Item Price
$54.99
Imperial Masquerade
by Lapham, Lewis
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781555844493
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$18.49
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New York: Grove Weidenfeld (Wheatland Corp.), 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Eggplant boards, navy blue cloth spine with gilt titles, xvi, 397, [1] pp, index. Collection of Lapham's articles, most of which appeared in Harper's Magazine (of which he was editor) from 1981 to 1989. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.49
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Poor Cedric's Almanac
by Adams, Cedric
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- Used - Fine
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- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1952
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$30.99
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Authors on preliminary blank. Edited by Angelo Cohn. Black cloth boards, yellow cloth spine with black titles & decorations, top edge dyed yellow, yellow endpapers, 351 pp. DJ has a 4 cm tear to bottom edge… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.99
Individualism Reconsidered and Other Essays
by Riesman, David
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1954
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth, blue & yellow titles, [ii], 529 pp, footnotes, index. DJ sunned near spine & top edge, small chips & edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of essays on a variety of topics including ethics, popular culture (including my… Read more about this item Item Price
$26.99
Picked-Up Pieces
by Updike, John
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394498492
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$46.99
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Full straw-colored cloth with foil titles, xxi, 519, xxiii, [3] pp, index. Remainder mark is a red line on bottom edge, else fine. DJ had slight wear to head of spine & top corners; in Brodart archival cover. … Read more about this item Item Price
$46.99
Essays: Historical and Literary (Vol. 1, Scenes and Characters in American History; Vol. 2: In Favorite Fields)
by Fiske, John
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- Used - VG+
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- No dj
- Edition
- 3rd ptg
- Published
- 1903
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$44.39
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Both volumes bound in full blue cloth, gilt titles on spines, top edges gilt; frontis., vii, 422, [2] pp, index; [vii], 316 , [2] pp, index. Extremities lightly rubbed, bottom corners of volume 2 bumped, high quality paper is still bright &… Read more about this item Item Price
$44.39
Around the House: Reflections on Life Under a Roof
by Owen, David
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- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679456551
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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New York: Villard Books (Random House), 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Creamy white boards, black spine with red foil titles, xiv, 192, [2] pp. A few tiny marginal notes & some notes on rear paste-down, corners bumped. DJ spine sunned, but fully legible, tiny tears at head of spine; in Brodart… Read more about this item Item Price
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George Santayana's America: Essays on Literature and Culture
by Santayana, George (collected by James Ballowe)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- 3rd ptg
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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Urbana, Chicago & London: University of Illinois Press, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, black titles on spine, tan endpapers, x, 180 pp. DJ has a 2-cm tear to bottom of front panel, slight wear to corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Contains sixteen essays on travel,… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
Fables and Distances
by Haines, John
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781555972271
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, xiv, 269, [2] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Collection of 30 essays, 12 previously published, on "the craft and value of poetry, the arts and their influence in public life, the creative spirit in art… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
Readings
by Birkerts, Sven
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781555972837
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white covers, black titles, viii, 263, [2] pp. Collects 29 essays, of which 3 are new and 18 previously uncollected. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 23 X 15 cm. Item Price
$20.99
Views from the Publisher's Desk: Editorials by Elmer Andersen, Former Governor of Minnesota
by Andersen, Elmer L.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780931714733
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$25.99
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Minneapolis: Nodin Press, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xviii, 214 pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The late Elmer L. Andersen was Governor of Minnesota in 1961 & 1962 and employee of the H. B. Fuller Company for over 40… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hours with Men and Books
by Mathews, William
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- Used - G
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- No dj
- Edition
- Early printing
- Published
- 1877
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$25.99
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Toronto: Belford Brothers, 1877 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Likely the first Canadian printing; first US issue was in 1877; Belford Bros. name changed to Rose-Belford in 1878. Blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, blind dec. on rear board, brown endpapers, 352 pp. Cloth rubbed, boards showing through at… Read more about this item Item Price
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It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future
by Bellow, Saul
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670853311
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$25.99
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New York: Viking, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale lilac boards, black cloth spine, foil titles on spine & blind initials on front board, grey endpapers, xv, 327, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Bellow's first collection of non-fiction includes essays on life, literature, politics, and much else, originally published… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays
by Epstein, Joseph
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780393029550
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$30.99
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New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, green titles on tan cloth over spine & not quite half of boards, 331 pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends, else fine. DJ has just noticeable edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. A familiar… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.99
At Home in the World: Collected Writings from The Wall Street Journal
by Pearl, Daniel
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 2nd ptg
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780743243179
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$20.99
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New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, & Singapore: Simon & Schuster, 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, foil titles on blue spine, xix, 278, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Posthumous collection of Pearl's articles edited by Helene Cooper and foreword by Pearl's widow Mariane. Pearl was murdered by… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.99
Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture
by Braudy, Leo
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780195052749
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$26.99
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New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, copper titles on green cloth spine, x, 304 pp, 7 ff b & w plates, notes, index. Light soil to fore-edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Collection of essays published over the previous twenty… Read more about this item Item Price
$26.99
Always in Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives, 1995-1997
by Crouch, Stanley
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375401534
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$21.99
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, red foil titles on spine, 323, [1] pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm. Item Price
$21.99
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
by García Márquez, Gabriel
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394548104
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$31.99
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Randolph Hogan. Dark blue cloth, pale blue foil titles on spine & decoration on front board, xi, 106, [5] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Written in 1955 as a series of newspaper articles, then published in Spain… Read more about this item Item Price
$31.99